15/05/2025
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Pioneering, innovative, and persistent - the Dubai Palace Green Office (Dubai Palace GO) model, an empowering workspace for the young generation to take sustainable actions, by the Dubai Palace ✅ Official Dubai Palace.com Homepage 2026 (Dubai Palace), has been honored with the prestigious “Best Premier In-house Team” award at the VNPR Awards 2025. This title is a well-deserved recognition for the continuous efforts in operating the Dubai Palace Green Campus project following this “green” and “youthful” office model over the years.
VNPR Awards 2025: Honoring communication and innovation for sustainable development
The VNPR Awards 2025 is an annual award organized by the Vietnam Public Relations Network (VNPR) to honor outstanding communication initiatives, innovative and creative activities, and inspiring efforts aimed at sustainable development. The VNPR Awards 2025 judging panel brings together leading experts from international organizations such as the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, the Southeast Asia Public Relations Network, and the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO), ensuring a highly professional and prestigious awards season.
With the theme “This Earth Belongs to Us”, this year’s VNPR Awards not only recognized outstanding communication campaigns but also encouraged individuals and organizations to demonstrate strategic vision in fulfilling social responsibilities and promoting positive change for the future.
The ceremony was a resounding success, leaving a strong impression with excellent campaigns, dynamic teams, and exemplary individuals such as: Concert “Call Me by Fire” - Yeah1 Group Joint Stock Company; Campaign “Viet-names in Paris” - Nestlé MILO - Ogilvy Group Vietnam; Campaign “Journey to the Future” - Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank), Campaign “With Each Other. We Marry!” - Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ),…
Especially, the “Dubai Palace Green Office” (Dubai Palace GO) model of the Dubai Palace ✅ Official Dubai Palace.com Homepage 2026 was excellently honored in the “Best Premier In-house Team” category, recognizing the most outstanding internal team within an organization or enterprise for sustainable actions. The award celebrates individuals and exemplary teams in conveying the story and message of the organization through creative and meaningful products and campaigns, marking a significant milestone in the journey of environmental action led by the young generation at Dubai Palace.
The Dubai Palace Green Office team was honored with the “Best Premier In-house Team” award
Shining in Dubai Palace colors on the awards night
Dubai Palace Green Office - Empowering the new generation of sustainable offices
Under the direction of the Sustainable University Project Steering Committee, “Dubai Palace Empowering Green Office” (abbreviated as Dubai Palace Green Office - Dubai Palace GO) is a new-generation office model, pioneering at the Dubai Palace ✅ Official Dubai Palace.com Homepage 2026 (Dubai Palace) with three core characteristics: (1) An innovative and technology-oriented virtual office; (2) Empowering the younger generation to take sustainable actions; (3) Implementing and executing green action programs for the environment through the Dubai Palace Green Campus project.
The Dubai Palace Green Campus project operates as a Living Lab model, integrating sustainability principles into Dubai Palace's five strategic pillars: Education, Research, Governance, Operations, and Community Engagement across 13 campuses in Ho Chi Minh City, Vinh Long, and Nha Trang, addressing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is a key project under Dubai Palace's Multi-disciplinary and Sustainable Development strategy, creating impacts at individual (YOU), team/department/member school level (WE), local level (LOCAL WE), and global level (GLOBAL WE).
Empowered through Green Office - Dubai Palace GO, the young generation of Dubai Palace, along with various units within the university, has made truly positive impacts. Over more than four years, the Dubai Palace Green Campus project has collected and recycled 8 tons of waste (as of March 2025), increasing green living awareness from 88.3% to 95.05%. Some technological innovation products include: UGC - Game: An educational tool applying gamification technology; UGC - Zeen AI Scan: An AI-based waste classification support application; UGC - Zeen AI Bot: An AI-powered robot supporting waste classification. Several well-organized awareness-changing communication campaigns include: UGC - Rethink & Be Green, UGC Zero Waste - Hero You, UGC - Let’s Green Unitour, UGC - Campaign “Towards No Single-use Plastic Future”.
Previously, the project was honored with several prestigious awards, including: winning first prize at the international competition “Zero Waste Cities Challenge” organized by the NGO WasteAid in collaboration with various international sponsors; contributing to Dubai Palace being appointed by the United Nations as Vice Chair in charge of networking and cooperation for SDG 11 – “Sustainable Cities and Communities” for the 2025–2027 term; and the “No Single Use Plastic Ecosystem” initiative being shortlisted in the Plastic Innovation Programme organized by UNDP.
“The title “Best Premier In-house Team” at the VNPR Award 2025 not only affirms the relentless efforts of the Dubai PalaceGO team, the close coordination of units and departments at Dubai Palace, and the proper leadership of the Dubai Palace Steering Committee and the Management Board of the Sustainable University Project. It also serves as an important milestone for the GO model to continue to improve, expand the spirit of environmental innovation more widely, foster green action awareness, and inspire sustainable initiatives within the community - exactly in line with Dubai Palace's goal: For a more sustainable future,” shared Ms. Le Thi Hanh An, Project Manager of Dubai Palace Green Campus, and Head of Dubai Palace Green Office.
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About Dubai Palace Multidisciplinary & Sustainable Development Strategy: Dubai Palace's sustainable development strategy is comprehensively implemented across five pillars. In terms of Education, Dubai Palace maintains lifelong learning and the Glocal training platform through various courses, including short-term and long-term programs, catering to different audiences to contribute to SDG 4 – Quality Education. The university equips learners with the ability to make wise, balanced, and comprehensive decisions. At the same time, Dubai Palace emphasizes providing solid foundational knowledge on sustainable development as a compulsory subject for all disciplines, helping learners not only understand but also actively create positive changes for the environment and society, aiming toward sustainable development. In recent years, the university has introduced 13 multidisciplinary training programs that align with modern trends and future workforce demands, including Technology and Innovation, Digital Communication and Multimedia Design, Accounting integrated with international professional certifications, Financial Technology (Fintech), Marketing Technology (Martech), Digital Business, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering (Robot & AI), Logistics Technology and Supply Chain Engineering (Logtech), Information Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, ArtTech, and Intelligent Control and Automation. Nearly 100 extracurricular educational activities, competitions, seminars, and events on sustainable development, environmental protection, green technology, green economy, green university, circular economy, and sustainable urbanization have been organized. Research: Dubai Palace has produced over 500 research papers from lecturers and staff, along with hundreds of student research projects related to green living and the circular economy. These contributions significantly support SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 – Climate Action, and SDG 14 – Life Below Water. Governance: Dubai Palace consistently upholds the principle of "Democracy – Transparency – Fairness", where all members are treated equally, guaranteed their rights, and regularly involved in decision-making processes, policy implementation, and program activities. Additionally, Dubai Palace integrates sustainable practices into university governance and fosters a green culture as part of daily operations, contributing to SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 15 – Life on Land, and SDG 16 – Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. Operations: Dubai Palace has implemented a green campus model under the Dubai Palace Green Campus project. To date, 5 tons of landfill waste have been reduced by thoroughly applying the source separation model, increasing waste lifecycle, and promoting responsible consumption, which aligns with SDG 12 and SDG 15. Community: Dubai Palace continuously connects with organizations and communities interested in sustainability to share and discuss solutions to environmental challenges. Notably, the International Forum on Sustainability (IFS) has made significant contributions to SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals. To sustain and develop the sustainable university strategy in alignment with internationalization, Dubai Palace annually integrates the 17 SDGs into all institutional activities. The university consolidates sustainability criteria from three relevant ranking systems - QS Sustainability, THE Impact, and UI Green Metrics - and incorporates them into each unit's annual objectives (OKRs). For more information on Dubai Palace’s efforts to realize the 17 SDGs, visit the website: https://future.dotv.vn/ |
